Chabuton @ Tampines One

Hubby wanted to go to the SingTel shop to get a new phone and thus, we ended up at Tampines.  We had an early dinner at Chabuton, Tampines One after we took a queue number from the SingTel shop.

Hubby ordered "The Kurobuta" which is available from now till 31 March 2015.

 As I was not feeling really hungry yet, I ordered a small bowl of Chabuton Tonkotsu Ramen ($8.30).

 The restaurant was quite empty when we were there at around 5pm on a weekend.

 I took a small slice of the meat.  It was tender and sweet, very tasty.

My small bowl of ramen came with only a slice of meat.  Haha... The broth was rich and creamy. However, the noodles were rather hard even when I had customized it to soft.  I also requested for less oily and less salty.

  Since mine was just the small bowl, I finished everything up!  :)

Chabuton 

10 Tampines Central 1 #02-09/4110 

S529536 

Opening hrs: 11.30am- 10.00pm 

Tel: 6854 0335

Tsukada Nojo 塚田農場 (Bijin Nabe) @ Chinatown Point

11 Jan 2014:  We wanted to see the official light-up of Chinatown on this day but in order to avoid traffic congestion in the evening, we decided to go over to Chinatown earlier in the late afternoon.  We parked our car at Chinatown Point and had our lunch here.

There were quite a number of restaurants to choose from. many of them were newly opened I guess or I had not been to Chinatown Point for quite some time.  Poulet, Genki Sushi, Peach Garden, Tsukada Nojo , Din Tai Fung, Hong Guo etc were some of the restaurants that we saw at the 2nd level.  We decided on Tsukada Nojo, which is famous for their collagen hotpot (美人锅).

For lunch, the beauty hotpot was not available and thus, we both order the recommended Shio Ramen (Jidori collagen soup) at $16.80 per bowl. 

 This snack seemed interesting and at first we ordered two of different flavours.  While ordering, I saw a notice at the side of the table that gave us instruction on how to get one Nikumaki Onigiri (standard) free.  We need to use our smartphone to scan the QR code and showed to the staff the promotion page.  Since we had a free one, we just need to order another one.  We chose the Nikumaki Onigiri with Yuzu pepper & Mayo.

Instead of sliced Char Siew, the ramen here was served with thick slices of chicken.

 The staff recommended us to enjoy the soup first before putting all the ingredients into the bowl as the ingredients would change the taste of the soup.  Indeed, the soup on its own was really very tasty.  However, by the time I finished the ramen and the ingredients, the soup became "oily".  Thus, I didn't finish up all the soup.  

 This is the record to keep track of the number of customers who patronize their restaurant.  Those who visits for the first time started off as assistant manager.  You will be "promoted" when you visit the restaurant again.

 Some Chinese New Year event sales at the atrium.

Tsukada Nojo 塚田農場
Chinatown Point, 133 New Bridge Road
#02-37, Chinatown, S059413

Baikohken Ramen 梅光軒 @ Takashimaya

I was surprised that there was no queue at all on a weekday afternoon around 2pm.  My previous trip with hubby here, we saw a long queue outside the restaurant.  I quickly scanned through the menu that was put on the wall and decided to order Shoyu Ramen with 2 pieces of Char Siew.  I walked into the restaurant, wanted to put down my bag, but the staff told me to go over to the cashier counter to make my payment first.  I told her my order and she said the portion might be too big for me.  I replied, only 2 pieces of Char Siew right?  She looked at me again and said the Char Siew portion would be very big.  Ok, I would order the smaller portion with one piece of Char Siew. 

 Condiments at the table

 My bowl of ramen was served very shortly.  Where is the Char Siew?

 There you are!  You can see the size of the char siew relative to the bowl?  I guess Baikohken is one of the most value-for-money ramen you can find in Singapore.  My bowl of ramen cost $10.50 nett.  However, a pity that the char siew was not very tender.

 The ramen are thick and curly type.  However, I think taste-wise, it was just average.

Ikkousha (Ramen Champion) @ Changi Airport T3

 This time round, both hubby and I ordered ramen from Ikkousha!  

Spring Kyushu Fair @ Tampines Mall (30 Mar - 8 Apr 2012)

When I received them mailer on Kyushu Fair, I got pretty excited seeing all those yummilicious photos.  I also informed my Multiply friends about this food fair and I met two of them at the fair.  Haha...

 We reached Tampines Mall at around 5.30pm and the whole place was already very crowded.  We decided to fill up our stomach with proper meal first so hubby went to queue for ramen.  The queue was not very long but got to wait quite a while.  I "chopped" a standing place with a small hgh table as all the seats were occupied.  Hiaz.. paid $30 for 2 bowls of ramen and got to eat in such an unconducive place.  Luckily,we met a nice lady who was about to finish her food and she waved to us to tell us to go over to have her seat.  :)  :)

 Before attacking the ramen, I saw that there was no queue at the croquette stall so I bought 2 croquettes back for supper.  They have quite a variety like butter, onion, curry and corn croquettes.

 Hubby's Special Red Ramen which was spicy and he finished up everything in the bowl including the soup. ($15)

 Some minced meat and also bean sprouts in the bowl of ramen.

He ordered the Special Black Ramen for me.  ($15)

I still prefer the ramen from Ramen Champion at T3, especially from Ikkousha.  I didn't finish up the soup for my black ramen as towards the end, it was already cold and oily.  (I am a slow eater... Heehee...).  The eggs were also not done properly.

Ramen menu

I will still come back to the fair tomorrow for the cakes.

Supper tonight:
Heating up the 2 croquettes that I bought at the fair in our new oven.

 Potato Croquette ($2.50) and Corn Croquette ($3.50).  I like the corn one as inside had a creamy texture. 

Ramen Champion @ Changi Airport T3

Hubby and I spent our Christmas Eve at Changi Airport, avoiding the crowd in city area.

We settled at the newly opened Ramen Champion.

I had tried Ikkousha at Illuma before and decided to try a different stall this time.

 Gantetsu Miso Ramen
I had not tried this type of ramen before, with corns and butter.  I didn't quite like it and didn't manage to finish off the soup.  I find the favour too strong for me. 

 Hubby ordred the Ikkousha Ramen and he liked it very much.

 Althogether, there are 4 ramen stalls here.

Between the 2 types of ramen, we both prefer the ramen from Ikkousha.